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Julie Tanner (MRTPI)
Securing quality design and standards in new
housing developments
- Awakening of public consciousness- Feedback from roundtable events- National Design Guide- Character- Policy- Design & the planning process- Stuff like design review- Solutions
Council House ScandalDo Councils have the skills to deliver a new generation of council owned
housing?
Design for climate change
Goldsmith Street, Norwich
A modest masterpiece
Stirling prize winner
• 100 years since Addison Act
• Streets of terraced housing built by NCC, social rented
• Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley
• 105 brick built homes – Passivhaus standards
• Back gardens look into planted alleyway –communal space
• Streets not slabs – took inspiration from local character
• Brave but achievable
Communicating
44 training events568 Elected Members 749 Officers50% of English LAs
Roundtable conversations
• A disconnect between 5 – year supply of housing, the housing delivery test, permitted development rights, the role of viability tests, and policies requiring design quality
• A disconnect between planning and highway objectives within authorities
• A lack of meaningful local engagement
• A lack of access to people with design, viability and negotiation skills
• Planning Inspectorate would not uphold design related refusals
• LPA structures disallow cross departmental shared placemaking approaches
• Lack of ambition & innovation in housing industry
Recommendations
• Redress imbalance between housing targets and quality requirements
• Review PDR to avoid undermining of local policies for good design
• Change purpose of Highway Authorities to people movement first approach
• Provide guidance & training to PINS
• Support skills sharing, highlight best practice, be innovative
• Involve Cllrs in design training
• Support the planning process as a vital activity
New green standards for new homes
• Fossil fuel heating banned by 2025
• NATIONAL DESIGN GUIDE
• New national design code
• LPAs produce their own design guides – unique character, history, setting
• Environment first
• Parks and green spaces
• Accelerated planning approach
…Local Planning Authorities should have regard to …recommendations made by design review panels.
Climate, character, community
...permission should be refused for development of poor design…
Change happening …
How can we achieve well designed places?
• Planning & design fit together – right?
• Physical form of development is defined by layout, height, massing & appearance
• A successful place is easy to navigate, accessible & adaptable (ie it can change when needed)
• Design quality is tied to viability
Avoid the jelly affect…• Involve people
• Involve professionals
• Involve other authorities
• Make plans
• Use available tools – DAS, Design Review, Design Code, Assessment frameworks (i.e. BFL12) – not just masterplans …
• Retain quality
Design development
Design Review report
Local authority refers scheme to design review
Design Review Panel
Pre-application consultation
Local authority engages with applicant
Planning application
Case Officer refers to DR report in determination process
Design Review Panel
Design & the planning process
Policy & Guidance
Design Review
• Site visit – led by applicant c. 60mins
• Design Review meeting
• Introductions
• Presentation by design team (20 mins)
• Overview by LPA, stakeholders (5-10 mins)
• Q & A, Panel discussion (90 mins)
• Attendees withdraw (10 mins)
• Reassemble for recommendations (5mins)
• Report - to follow within 10 working days
1.Independent2.Expert3.Multidisciplinary4.Accountable5.Transparent6.Proportionate7.Timely8.Advisory9.Objective10.Accessible, and
11. Impartial
Design Review, placemaking charter, training
Essex Design Guide
Tools & Techniques
SPDs
• Deliver positive change & amplify policy
• Provide overarching urban design principles
• Define & set places in context
• Cut across disciplines – e.g embed MfS
• Identify opportunities for appropriate change
• Empower communities and focus debate
Development Briefs
Site Design Advice Notes – Chetwynd Barracks, Broxtowe
Golden thread
Julie Tanner MRTPI07970 514480